A series of missile strikes pounded the area near Aleppo University’s dorms today, causing massive damage and huge casualties. Death tolls have risen throughout the day, and at least 83 are confirmed killed with over 150 others wounded.
The blasts came on the first day of student exams at the university, in a government-held portion of the contested northern city, and initial reports were that the missiles were a failed attempt by rebels to attack government warplanes overhead.
Rebels later contested this account, insisting that the regime had attacked their own university but providing no information for why that might have been the case.
With no independent reporters on the ground, it is impossible to tell who is responsible for such attacks, but it seems unlikely that the Syrian government would attack the university, though the size of the explosions also makes stray surface-to-air missiles unlikely.
Tiresome. Finding every possible excuse why "Assad" should been responsbile for this latest outrage. It is not a brain surgery. These people are equipped with the surface to air missiles, and have forever tried to shoot down planes.
Watch it, one day they will bring down a commercial airliner, and watch the insane US media say "Assad" did it.
This whole mess is so gigantic, that US efforts in digging our own hole DEEPER, does not help. This requires Reaganite smarts. Just like he pulled US forces after attack on US base in which hundereds of our soldiers died — it is time for us to call off our dogs, stop paying them and supplying, and cut a deal to get oppostion to sit on an interrim body, together with the current government, to organize Parliamentary and then Presidential elections. EVERYONE should participate. Assad will probably win this contest with the largest percent ever in the history of elections, as he defended the country against the terrorists and islamic radicals.
I agree Bianca. The rebels can't "explain why Assad would attack the university" because HE DIDN'T, nor does it make any sense why he would. As you stated, they'll soon manage to bring down a commercial airliner and the US & its allies will accuse Assad of another "major" war-crime. His motive for carrying out such an act won't even be discussed in the media.
Just incredible.
Are you people serious? Every nation kills its own people and blames it on rebels/foreigners. If you don't realize that you are incredibly naive. I'm not saying either side did it, but assuming it's the rebels is as dumb as assuming it's Assad.
Pretty fair guess that these were American missiles. Probably not fired by Americans, although it would surprise me if an adviser stood next to them and made sure the firers pressed the right button. But its almost certain that when they are pulling the bodies of dead, innocent students from the wreckage at this ground zero, they'll find missile fragments next to or in the bodies that say "Made in the USA".
Ditz…
I didn't realize you were a structural engineer… Why didn't you mention this before Ditz?
This is what the Oklahoma City building looked like after a truck bomb:
http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2010/okla…
And you're implying what now?
Interestingly this happens the very same day of yet another proposed UN Security Council 'resolution'–this time intended to 'refer' "Syria" (meaning the real government) to the "ICC" to 'investigate' so-called "war crimes"… We've seen the scumbag terrorist so-called "rebels" carry out atrocities in order to blame it on Assad under similar (meaning the exact same) circumstances before, so this is nothing new… And 'we've' seen AW.C go along with the terrorist line that it was Assad's fault before, so that's nothing new either…
I do find it interesting that Ditz goes out of his way to present the terrorist's "side" of the "story" whenever it is irrefutably the terrorists' fault… The same, however, can't be said when there is any possibility whatsoever the so-called "Assad regime" 'could', even theoretically, be at fault–at which point Ditz only presents the terrorists' "side" of the "story" most of the time…
It is what it is though…
Are you a complete retard? Irrefutably the rebels fault? Wow. A building blows up in a war torn country and you alone have irrefutable proof of who did it. Did you participate?
irrefutable perhaps not but 90% sure it was the rebels; they tend to sync their atrocities with UN activities; retard, absolutely not